Theodosius I

and a message they believed their messiah had intended. However, in Rome, Christianity was a state religion and still fell to the authority of the emperor, there were a few minor conflicts between clergy and state officials on matters of authority though nothing extreme, that is until the Massacre at Thessalonica. The Massacre at Thessalonica is seen by many in the clergy at the time as the flash point between these sentiments of control over their church the event started with the stoning of state officials for the imprisonment of a charioteer who was very popular in Thessalonica by the populace. When word of the incident reached the emperor, Theodosius I, he was furious and sent his soldiers to the city with orders to treat it as a hostile city to be captured. As a result, the soldiers slaughtered seven thousand people, although Theodosius had quickly changed his mind on the matter his new order to stand down and return home would…

Jewish people were able to endure because they created laws taught the followers how to eat, dress and live among other things. These laws separated them from people who weren’t Jewish which kept them free to develop their religion without influence. Their view of the family structure and the ultimate belief in god kept them faithful to their religion in times of prosecution. The next religion, Christianity, has the same beginnings a Judaism because it started after many Jewish followers…

Roman Empire fell because of government corruption, political instability, overexpansion of land, and the harsh treatment of the Visigoths. The first reason Rome was doomed to fail was government corruption. Government is important because it shoes the way citizens live (GLOBE). The rights and liberties it gives it citizens can have drastic effects on the quality of life. Rome’s government contain incompetent officials. For example, in 476 C.E., a new leader named Odovacer forced the entire…

and the Council of Constantinople, was required. The Council of Nicaea condemned Arius, a man who claimed that the nature of Christ was finite and lesser than Christ (Arius, 2016). The next council, that of Constantinople, condemned the heresy of Macedonius, which viewed the Holy Spirit as a power of God and inferior to the Father and Son (Simonetti, 2006, 808). Essentially, both defined the nature of Christ and the Trinity and removed heresies from the church. Unfortunately, the controversy…

Today I am going to talk about how Christianity destroyed Rome. God gave Christianity power for helping Constantine believe only in him. Christianity enforced their will on Emperor Theodosius. Finally, Augustine showed the Romans that they were spared by the barbarians through the respect of Christ. In Rome their were a group of men that were called Christians and had a great power. “They offered a spiritual comfort and the prospect of salvation on the one hand, and even riches as a worldly…

The movie Agora depicts the escalating conflict between Christians and pagans in Roman Alexandria in the late fourth century under the emperor Theodosius I. Agora’s attempt to describe the dynamic of the conflict between Christianity and pagan Neoplatonism, especially the violence employed and shifting power, falls short of the true historical complexity by simplifying and distorting the historical narrative. Agora’s portrayal of the Christian faction known as the parabalani and their…

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Procopius focuses a lot on who is in charge and how they handle the power given to them. When talking about Belisarius and Antonina, he focuses his attention on how they rule with their emotions. You can really see this in the way both Belisarius and Antonina handle their jealousy. Belisarius’s jealousy can be seen in the way that he goes after his stepson and wife’s lover, Theodosius. Once he is told of what has been going on, he orders his men to get rid of Theodosius (Page43). However,…

First, in Document E, Emperor Galerius declares that the Christians will not be provoked or bothered by the Romans and vice versa. This shows that Galerius is leading Rome towards accepting the Christians, starting with toleration. Second, in Document F, Emperor Constantine declared that Christians were allowed to worship freely and publicly without repercussions, as he was a Christian as of 312 CE. This proves that Constantine was openly accepting Christians and their beliefs without pushing it…

Sometimes I wonder where and how did Christianity originate and how did it become a universal religion rather than a local religion. Well, it all started in the Roman Empire, during this time period there was a lot of despair and there was a huge gap between the rich and the poor. The Roman Empire was also split into two parts, the Eastern part and the Western part. At first the Roman Empire tolerated all religions as long as they paid their taxes, respected their Roman gods, respected their…